In a stunning reversal, al Qaeda's #2 man no longer supports the Demcrats' withdrawal plans. Reuters reports:
In a new Internet video, Osama bin Laden's second-in-command jeers at the Iraq war funding bill vetoed by President George W. Bush that called for a U.S. troop pullout in Iraq, ABC News said on Saturday.
"This bill will deprive us of the opportunity to destroy the American forces which we have caught in a historic trap," al Qaeda deputy leader Ayman al-Zawahri is quoted as saying on ABC's Web site, http://abcnews.go.com/."We ask Allah that they only get out of it after losing 200,000 to 300,000 killed, in order that we give the spillers of blood in Washington and Europe an unforgettable lesson," Zawahri says.
Read the entire report at the link above.
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At least SOMEBODY still sup... (Below threshold)1. Posted by Paul Hamilton | May 5, 2007 7:23 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
At least SOMEBODY still supports Bush's plans...
1. Posted by Paul Hamilton | May 5, 2007 7:23 PM |
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Posted on May 5, 2007 19:23
2. Posted by slingshot | May 5, 2007 7:27 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
SEE! SEE! the terrorists support republicans! voting for republicans is voting for the terrorists!
2. Posted by slingshot | May 5, 2007 7:27 PM |
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Posted on May 5, 2007 19:27
3. Posted by Richard Romano | May 5, 2007 7:31 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
This will give the troops a chance to kill more of these murderers and slime...I'm all for it :)
3. Posted by Richard Romano | May 5, 2007 7:31 PM |
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Posted on May 5, 2007 19:31
4. Posted by cirby | May 5, 2007 7:32 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
He also wants the US to be in Iraq for at LEAST another 250 years.
(200,000 divided by 800 per year)
4. Posted by cirby | May 5, 2007 7:32 PM |
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Posted on May 5, 2007 19:32
5. Posted by jpm100 | May 5, 2007 7:42 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Well someone finally told them that backing the Democrats was hurting the Democrat's plans.
I have to give them points. Their savvy of US PR has improved.
5. Posted by jpm100 | May 5, 2007 7:42 PM |
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Posted on May 5, 2007 19:42
6. Posted by average wizbang poster | May 5, 2007 7:43 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
This will give the troops a chance to kill more of these murderers and slime...I'm all for it :)
Well, maybe you should ask some soliders in Iraq if they like that idea too. I'm sure they are thrilled at this prospect.
Is this your version of 'Bring em on'?
Someday, you war supporters might admit this was the wrong war, but given that there are still idiots out there who think Vietnam was a good idea, I won't hold my breath too long.
6. Posted by average wizbang poster | May 5, 2007 7:43 PM |
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Posted on May 5, 2007 19:43
7. Posted by Stephen Macklin | May 5, 2007 7:58 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
The Dems will be using this as justification for the next surrender bill.
7. Posted by Stephen Macklin | May 5, 2007 7:58 PM |
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Posted on May 5, 2007 19:58
8. Posted by C-C-G | May 5, 2007 8:04 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Average, I happen to be friends with a Marine Sergeant who is preparing to redeploy to Iraq in July. (Yes, I said redeploy. He's been there before.)
He would rather kill them over there than have them kill us over here.
Perhaps I'll point him to this thread and let him tell you himself, tho. But be warned, he doesn't like lefties or surrender monkeys... but I repeat myself.
8. Posted by C-C-G | May 5, 2007 8:04 PM |
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Posted on May 5, 2007 20:04
9. Posted by average wizbang poster | May 5, 2007 8:12 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
He would rather kill them over there than have them kill us over here.
Oh please, are you really trotting out that worn out cliche still?
As if they are going to amass at the Canadian border and invade upstate NY if we leave Iraq?
You people are hysterical here, this really is the best comedy blog online.
9. Posted by average wizbang poster | May 5, 2007 8:12 PM |
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Posted on May 5, 2007 20:12
10. Posted by macofromoc | May 5, 2007 8:14 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Which Republican or Wizbang poster got us into Viet Nam?? Put down to Daisy before you injure yourself..
10. Posted by macofromoc | May 5, 2007 8:14 PM |
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Posted on May 5, 2007 20:14
11. Posted by LoveAmerica Immigrant | May 5, 2007 8:20 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
He is scared of American troops now. So he is trying to pull a PR stunt so that the terrorist-cheering liberals in the US can continue with their surrender plan. These liberals are anti-war against the communists, the terrorists, and other enemies of America. Yet they are fully pro-war against America. In fact they seem to cheer on the terrorists to wage war against America. We saw some of the posts here right on this thread.
11. Posted by LoveAmerica Immigrant | May 5, 2007 8:20 PM |
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Posted on May 5, 2007 20:20
12. Posted by C-C-G | May 5, 2007 8:22 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Uh, average... how did they get in to perform the 9/11 attacks?
This is too easy. At least give me a friggin' challenge!
12. Posted by C-C-G | May 5, 2007 8:22 PM |
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Posted on May 5, 2007 20:22
13. Posted by jpm100 | May 5, 2007 8:28 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
How?
Denial.
13. Posted by jpm100 | May 5, 2007 8:28 PM |
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Posted on May 5, 2007 20:28
14. Posted by Zelsdorf Ragshaft III | May 5, 2007 8:30 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
The headline for this should be al Qaeda breaks with allied Democratic party for first time over failure to pass surrender bill around Presidents veto. I think we should grant his wish and keep troops there indefinitely, or at least as long as we have had them in Germany.
14. Posted by Zelsdorf Ragshaft III | May 5, 2007 8:30 PM |
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Posted on May 5, 2007 20:30
15. Posted by Justrand | May 5, 2007 8:37 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
average wizbang poster, please remove your cranium from your rectum long enough to comprehend this: NO ONE WANTS A WAR...ANY WAR!
Least of all the soldiers who have to fight it.
My father did NOT want to fight the Germans in Europe, and my father-in-law did NOT want to fight the Japanese in the Pacific.
Sadly, the Germans and the Japanese had OTHER ideas...so those splendid men (and millions more) obliged them!
alQueda and the rest of the Islamo-fascists are at war with US. We can run, but we CANNOT HIDE!
Iraq is their Waterloo, or ours. They get it. I get it. YOU do NOT get it.
I thought Zawahri's PR-ju-jitsu was too clumsy to fool anyone. I didn't count on you. Oops.
15. Posted by Justrand | May 5, 2007 8:37 PM |
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Posted on May 5, 2007 20:37
16. Posted by Larkin | May 5, 2007 9:06 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Zawahiri's statement is further proof that, contrary to accepted conservative opinion, the LAST thing Al Qaeda wants is for us to leave Iraq. Our presence there has radicalized tens of thousands of young men from across the Arab world who have traveled to Iraq to participate in the jihad against the Americans. Those who survive the experience will form the backbone of the Al Qaeda organization for decades to come.
16. Posted by Larkin | May 5, 2007 9:06 PM |
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Posted on May 5, 2007 21:06
17. Posted by Jeff Blogworthy | May 5, 2007 9:09 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Newsflash: "Al Qaeda's Zawahri Tries Reverse Psychology". LOL
17. Posted by Jeff Blogworthy | May 5, 2007 9:09 PM |
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Posted on May 5, 2007 21:09
18. Posted by bryanD | May 5, 2007 9:17 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Uh, average... how did they get in to perform the 9/11 attacks?
This is too easy. At least give me a friggin' challenge!
Posted by: C-C-G"
As you well know, Bush is an open-borders kind of guy. And in case we need hijackers to hijack planes that Americans won't hijack, we'll always have them on hand!
18. Posted by bryanD | May 5, 2007 9:17 PM |
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Posted on May 5, 2007 21:17
19. Posted by C-C-G | May 5, 2007 9:19 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Better sit down, BryanD(imwit).
I disagree with Bush on open borders.
Is your heart still working?
19. Posted by C-C-G | May 5, 2007 9:19 PM |
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Posted on May 5, 2007 21:19
20. Posted by Muphy | May 5, 2007 9:24 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
macofromoc - "Which Republican or Wizbang poster got us into Viet Nam??"
That would be JFK and LBJ.
What I want to know is which one was the Republican and which one posted at Wizbang.
Does anyone know?
20. Posted by Muphy | May 5, 2007 9:24 PM |
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Posted on May 5, 2007 21:24
21. Posted by C-C-G | May 5, 2007 9:27 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Muphy, JFK wanted to lower taxes, so that makes him the Republican.
I guess LBJ used a nom-de-plume to post here.
21. Posted by C-C-G | May 5, 2007 9:27 PM |
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Posted on May 5, 2007 21:27
22. Posted by Muphy | May 5, 2007 9:27 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Justrand - "My father did NOT want to fight the Germans in Europe, and my father-in-law did NOT want to fight the Japanese in the Pacific."
Did your father and father-in-law let them keep their ideology when they defeated them?
22. Posted by Muphy | May 5, 2007 9:27 PM |
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Posted on May 5, 2007 21:27
23. Posted by Musphy | May 5, 2007 9:29 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Thanks C-C-G, I knew it had to be something like that.
23. Posted by Musphy | May 5, 2007 9:29 PM |
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Posted on May 5, 2007 21:29
24. Posted by LoveAmerica Immigrant | May 5, 2007 9:31 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Did your father and father-in-law let them keep their ideology when they defeated them?
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3 million death from the Dem surrender in VN didn't seem to change their liberal ideology of cut and run. This time, the terrorist-cheering liberals in Congress seem to be open about their cheering.
24. Posted by LoveAmerica Immigrant | May 5, 2007 9:31 PM |
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Posted on May 5, 2007 21:31
25. Posted by Mitchell | May 5, 2007 9:41 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Let's give them every opportunity to see American fighters in action.
25. Posted by Mitchell | May 5, 2007 9:41 PM |
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Posted on May 5, 2007 21:41
26. Posted by LoveAmerica Immigrant | May 5, 2007 9:45 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Zawahiri's statement is further proof that, contrary to accepted conservative opinion,
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This is perfect example of this PR stunt. Zawahiri 's PR stunt is simply to provide the fodder for the terrorist-cheering liberals in this country to advocate their surrender plan.
Liberals do not disappoint. They do exactly what the terrorists expect them to do.
26. Posted by LoveAmerica Immigrant | May 5, 2007 9:45 PM |
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Posted on May 5, 2007 21:45
27. Posted by Justrand | May 5, 2007 9:46 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Mitchell: "Let's give them every opportunity to see American fighters in action."
They ARE!
that's why this mutt is trying his reverse psych on the weak-minded (some of which are posting here!)
Kinda like Mom saying: "Do NOT eat those green beans...you hear me? I don't WANT you to!"
While I do love my Mom...that crap NEVER worked on me! It does work on Dems, apparently.
27. Posted by Justrand | May 5, 2007 9:46 PM |
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Posted on May 5, 2007 21:46
28. Posted by Scrapiron | May 5, 2007 9:52 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
average wizbang poster, Thank JFK, your hero for Vietnam but the fact is you seem proud that you are responsible for the slaughter of 3 to 5 million people. You are one sick puppy, far beyond BDS. I don't want that much blood on my hands.
Everyone go to Drudge and click on the link to the NYSlimes article and you'll see what the democrat party is these days. They no longer represent their state, their people, at least not the people that elected them, or the United States. They are in collusion with every radical anti-American group in the country, even having scheduled meetings with them. No wonder there is nothing going on in congress to benefit the American people. I'm shocked the NYSlimes published the article. Gas will be $20 a gallon and congress won't even notice, or pretend they don't since they have sold out to the enemy. I wondered why they blocked all drilling and building new refineries. Someone has promised them the world and all they will end up with is an execution at the hands of their friends. Billions of dollars is changing hands but it isn't going from the oil industry to President Bush as the retards think. It's going to the democrats and their criminal friends..
28. Posted by Scrapiron | May 5, 2007 9:52 PM |
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Posted on May 5, 2007 21:52
29. Posted by kim | May 5, 2007 9:58 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Somebody ought to tell him he ordered his 'historic trap' from Acme.
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29. Posted by kim | May 5, 2007 9:58 PM |
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Posted on May 5, 2007 21:58
30. Posted by Hermie | May 5, 2007 10:01 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
When a US helicopter was reported shot down by Al Queda operatives, the next 'big' story was a report that the terrorists were now going to 'target helicopters'.
When the Virginia Tech shootings were reported, the terrorists said that the US would experience a 'University of pain'.
These were clumsy attempts to use the media to influence the American public.
The only thing clumsier, was the MSM's willingness to relay the terrorists' messages.
30. Posted by Hermie | May 5, 2007 10:01 PM |
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Posted on May 5, 2007 22:01
31. Posted by bryanD | May 5, 2007 10:08 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
"Better sit down, BryanD(imwit).
I disagree with Bush on open borders_ccg"
No borders, no nation (except for the taxes and ordinance part!). Why do you support Bush again? Oh, yeah. THEM!"
"Which Republican... got us into Viet Nam??_ macofromoc"
A pre-emptive guerilla war was begun under the tutelage of the US in 1956 because it was felt that the communists would win the planned all-Vietnam elections of that year.
The North just out-Viet Conged us until 1965 when the US Regulars were sent in. So "Eisenhower (R)" is the correct answer. FYI.
31. Posted by bryanD | May 5, 2007 10:08 PM |
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Posted on May 5, 2007 22:08
32. Posted by LoveAmerica Immigrant | May 5, 2007 10:17 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
No borders, no nation (except for the taxes and ordinance part!). Why do you support Bush again? Oh, yeah. THEM!"
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Simply because Bush is far less dangerous than the Dems. The liberals dems not only open the border, but they also try to give the civil rights to the terrorists and their cheerleaders.
So why do you support the Dems? If you don't, I assume that the dems should be run out of Wash, right?
32. Posted by LoveAmerica Immigrant | May 5, 2007 10:17 PM |
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Posted on May 5, 2007 22:17
33. Posted by LoveAmerica Immigrant | May 5, 2007 10:19 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
"Which Republican... got us into Viet Nam??_ macofromoc"
A pre-emptive guerilla war was begun under the tutelage of the US in 1956 because it was felt that the communists would win the planned all-Vietnam elections of that year.
The North just out-Viet Conged us until 1965 when the US Regulars were sent in. So "Eisenhower (R)" is the correct answer. FYI.
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Thanks for the info that you are in Brian 's league.
33. Posted by LoveAmerica Immigrant | May 5, 2007 10:19 PM |
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Posted on May 5, 2007 22:19
34. Posted by C-C-G | May 5, 2007 10:20 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
LoveAmerica, don't forget voting rights.
BTW, may one ask where you immigrated from? Just curious, I have friends all over the globe. :)
34. Posted by C-C-G | May 5, 2007 10:20 PM |
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Posted on May 5, 2007 22:20
35. Posted by bryanD | May 5, 2007 10:30 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
"So why do you support the Dems? If you don't, I assume that the dems should be run out of Wash, right?_LAI"
I'm a registered Republican (Tom Coburn-Ron Paul type).
BOTH party leaderships should be run out of office. On a rail. Tarred and feathered would be nice. Can we get a term limits wave going?
35. Posted by bryanD | May 5, 2007 10:30 PM |
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Posted on May 5, 2007 22:30
36. Posted by C-C-G | May 5, 2007 10:34 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Ahh, I see. Bryan is the "ostrich" type Republican. Stick your head in the sand and the world will go away.
People like Bryan are why I almost never refer to myself as a "Republican."
36. Posted by C-C-G | May 5, 2007 10:34 PM |
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Posted on May 5, 2007 22:34
37. Posted by John F not Kerry | May 5, 2007 10:37 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Average Wizbang troll, is ANY war a good idea for you? It would be nice if we could just pull all our troops out of every place they are in the world, and then see all the bad guys stop mu8rdering innocents. Unfortunately, in the real world, we know that isn't the case.
People say we should intervene in Darfur. Frankly, I think that should be on the table. But to say that we should be there and not Iraq is just intellectual dishonesty. Darfur holds no strategic interest for us whatsoever, but we know that terrorists that would be wreaking havoc elsewhere have said out loud that Iraq is there current central front in their war against us. This latest PR stunt from Zawahiri shows that. No military in the world can defeat us when we are fully engaged, and that is the real problem. Not only did we want to save the infrastructure, thereby speeding the rebuilding effort, but we were and are consistently hamstrung by one half of the country who thinks it is okay to meddle in foreign policy in the middle of a war. I'm sure you would have been okay with that during Clinton's tenure...not.
The sooner our aremd forces are unleashed to do what they need to do, the sooner they will come home.
37. Posted by John F not Kerry | May 5, 2007 10:37 PM |
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Posted on May 5, 2007 22:37
38. Posted by marc | May 5, 2007 10:41 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Larkin:
Zawahiri's statement is further proof that, contrary to accepted conservative opinion, the LAST thing Al Qaeda wants is for us to leave Iraq. Our presence there has radicalized tens of thousands of young men Yadda.... yadda.... ad infinitum.
And if it wasn't Iraq Zawahiri and his jihadist-cut-throats would just move the goal posts back to Afghanistan or other outposts around the globe such as the Philippines, Thailand, Pakistan, Indonesia etc...
So your point is again?
38. Posted by marc | May 5, 2007 10:41 PM |
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Posted on May 5, 2007 22:41
39. Posted by LoveAmerica Immigrant | May 5, 2007 10:52 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I'm a registered Republican (Tom Coburn-Ron Paul type).
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Now it makes sense. Ron Paul seems to be one consistent cut-and-run Republican.
39. Posted by LoveAmerica Immigrant | May 5, 2007 10:52 PM |
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